Highlights & Lowlights

Known as “frosting” in hey days, highlighting mainly can be done with either highlight cap or foils. Both are different but have similar results. Most salons choose highlighting method for better distribution of color or bleach, add dimension to one color hair and less prone to breakage. Highlight cap is a plastic cap that has pre-defined holes all over it where you can pull strand through each hole to highlight. You can determine the size of each strand depending if you want fewer or more highlights. If you opt for more highlights, then you’ll have “all over color” look, while if you choose fewer highlights, then it will add some dimension to your hair. The more highlights, then almost all of the holes are used up, while the fewer highlights, then use every second hole of the cap. It’s suggested to use at least 1/4″ of strand to highlight but more can be used.

Foils are different from highlight caps, they are somewhat more technically advanced and they’re not same thing as aluminum foil you use in the kitchen. Most salons prefer foils to highlight cap because they’re better controlled and trap in moisture from bleach while adding heat. Foiling can be done in different ways such as weaving and slicing. You can obtain more information by going to SalonFoiltoGo and Robert Craig’s websites. They have detailed information on highlighting.

On the other hand, lowlighting is the opposite of highlighting. While most highlighting is mainly for lightening up strands of hair, lowlighting is for darkening hair strands in overly light hair. It can be done on any shade of blonde. For this reason, some people prefer to demontrate dimension in their hair, so lowlights are used, to prevent all over color and blandness. Lowlighting is used with a demi- or semi-permanent color that would coat the hair without “lift” and tend to last longer than permanent color. Lowlighting can be done on
red or brunette shades, such as darker brown lowlights on light brown hair or darker red on light brown or light red hair. Lowlights do bring out depth and illusion having shiny hair, just like highlights.

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